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Greetings,

I am interested in learning more about how those
being trained in environmental science or related programs make use of
psychological science regarding behavior change, etc. What courses
are offered, who is teaching them, etc.

Sincerely,

Tony Sarkis

Hi,
There's a field called environmental psychology which addresses
environmental attitude and behavior change; it takes a lot of the principles
from traditional psychology and applies them to the environmental context
(and adds some new ones). Conservation psychology is a related field.

Environmental psychology is housed in APA's Division 34. A nice brief
introduction is at http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/greenapproach.html; two
other nice accounts are:

Vining, J., & Ebreo, A. (2002). Emerging theoretical and methodological
perspectives on conservation behavior. In R. B. Bechtel & A. Churchman
(Eds.), Handbook of environmental psychology (pp. 541-558). New York: Wiley.

Winter, D. D., & Koger, S.M. (2004). The psychology of environmental
problems (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Another resource is www.cbsm.com

Maya Fischhoff

Anthony M. Sarkis writes:

> Greetings,
>
> I am interested in learning more about how those
> being trained in environmental science or related programs make use of
> psychological science regarding behavior change, etc. What courses
> are offered, who is teaching them, etc.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tony Sarkis
>



Research Associate
Environmental Science and Policy Program
http://www.environment.msu.edu/research/programs/business_env.html

Hi,

there was also a group working on environmental psychology at Surrey
University UK dating back to the 1980s. Sorry no names or contacts.

Nigel Roome

> Hi,
> There's a field called environmental psychology which addresses
> environmental attitude and behavior change; it takes a lot of the
> principles
> from traditional psychology and applies them to the environmental context
> (and adds some new ones). Conservation psychology is a related field.
>
> Environmental psychology is housed in APA's Division 34. A nice brief
> introduction is at http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/greenapproach.html;
> two
> other nice accounts are:
>
> Vining, J., & Ebreo, A. (2002). Emerging theoretical and methodological
> perspectives on conservation behavior. In R. B. Bechtel & A. Churchman
> (Eds.), Handbook of environmental psychology (pp. 541-558). New York:
> Wiley.
>
> Winter, D. D., & Koger, S.M. (2004). The psychology of environmental
> problems (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
>
> Another resource is www.cbsm.com
>
> Maya Fischhoff
>
> Anthony M. Sarkis writes:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am interested in learning more about how those
>> being trained in environmental science or related programs make use of
>> psychological science regarding behavior change, etc. What courses
>> are offered, who is teaching them, etc.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Tony Sarkis
>>
>
>
>
> Research Associate
> Environmental Science and Policy Program
> http://www.environment.msu.edu/research/programs/business_env.html
>



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This is also close to the topic of risk perception and communication -
which is taught at Harvard School of Public Health as part of their
environmental risk program. This whole scholarly area is fundamental to
health economics. What is the value of a statistical life... cost
effectiveness of various medical interventions, etc.

Leading scholars include Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist (at Princeton I
believe)
Works by Tversky and Kahneman are classic in the field of
behavioral/decision sciences. Others include Loewenstein, Thaler at
Univ. of Chicago, Kunreuther at Wharton

Dinah Koehler, Sc.D.
Economics and Decision Sciences Research
National Center for Environmental Research

Mail address:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
290 Broadway
Mail Code: 2 OPM-PPEB
26th Floor
New York, NY 10007
(212) 637-3573
(202) 343-9687

Courier Delivery Address:
USEPA, NCER
Room 3319E Woodies Bldg
1025 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20004-1409

The best known environmental psychologist today, I think, is Dr. Doug
Mackenzie-Mohr, promoter of "Community-Based Social Marketing" and
co-author of "Fostering Sustainable Behavior", both avail at www.cbsm.com
His book is a great short and effective and clear presentation of many
aspects of environmental psychology, directly focused on getting people to
change their behavior in less environmentally damaging directions. The
experiments he describes about enviro psych are sometimes hilarious but
effective and always informative. And, his site has a huge bibliography,
sample graphics used in behavior change campaigns, and a great listserv.


Burton Hamner
Cleaner Production International LLC
5534 30th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206-491-0945
wbhamner@cleanerproduction.com
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Hi,

there was also a group working on environmental psychology at Surrey
University UK dating back to the 1980s. Sorry no names or contacts.

Nigel Roome

> Hi,
> There's a field called environmental psychology which addresses
> environmental attitude and behavior change; it takes a lot of the
> principles from traditional psychology and applies them to the
> environmental context (and adds some new ones). Conservation
> psychology is a related field.
>
> Environmental psychology is housed in APA's Division 34. A nice brief
> introduction is at
> http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/greenapproach.html;
> two
> other nice accounts are:
>
> Vining, J., & Ebreo, A. (2002). Emerging theoretical and
> methodological perspectives on conservation behavior. In R. B. Bechtel
> & A. Churchman (Eds.), Handbook of environmental psychology (pp. 541-558).
New York:
> Wiley.
>
> Winter, D. D., & Koger, S.M. (2004). The psychology of environmental
> problems (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
>
> Another resource is www.cbsm.com
>
> Maya Fischhoff
>
> Anthony M. Sarkis writes:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am interested in learning more about how those being trained in
>> environmental science or related programs make use of psychological
>> science regarding behavior change, etc. What courses are offered, who
>> is teaching them, etc.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Tony Sarkis
>>
>
>
>
> Research Associate
> Environmental Science and Policy Program
> http://www.environment.msu.edu/research/programs/business_env.html
>



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